Where does “pre-impregnate” come from?
pre-impregnate (English) comes from English impregnate, from Latin impraegnatus, from Latin impraegno, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
pre-impregnate (English): To impregnate, as with a matrix material such as...
Definitions
- To impregnate, as with a matrix material such as...
Ancestry of “pre-impregnate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | impregnate | To cause to become pregnant; To fertilize; To... |
| 2 | Latin | impraegnatus | made pregnant |
| 3 | Latin | impraegno | I impregnate; I make pregnant |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |